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Heart failure [PDF]

open access: yesNursing Standard, 2014
Essential facts Heart failure affects about 900,000 people in the UK. The condition can affect people of all ages, but it is more common in older people, with more than half of all patients over the age of 75. It is caused by the heart failing to pump enough blood around the body at the right pressure, usually because the heart muscle has become too ...
Yanggan Wang, Yanzong Yang, Xun Ai
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Semaglutide in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2023
BACKGROUND Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is increasing in prevalence and is associated with a high symptom burden and functional impairment, especially in persons with obesity.
M. Kosiborod   +30 more
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Distribution, infrastructure, and expertise of heart failure and cardio‐oncology clinics in a developing network: temporal evolution and challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, 2020
The Hellenic Heart Failure Association has undertaken the initiative to develop a national network of heart failure clinics (HFCs) and cardio‐oncology clinics (COCs). We conducted two questionnaire surveys among these clinics within 17 months and another
The Taskforce of the Hellenic Heart Failure Clinics Network
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The International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities, and Health categories rated as necessary for care planning for older patients with heart failure: a survey of care managers in Japan

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Establishing an information-sharing system between medical professionals and welfare/care professionals may help prevent heart failure (HF) exacerbations in community-dwelling older adults.
Shigehito Shiota   +12 more
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Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, 2021
In this document, we propose a universal definition of heart failure (HF) as a clinical syndrome with symptoms and/or signs caused by a structural and/or functional cardiac abnormality and corroborated by elevated natriuretic peptide levels and/or ...
B. Bozkurt   +37 more
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Burden, Trends, and Inequalities of Heart Failure Globally, 1990 to 2019: A Secondary Analysis Based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Heart failure is a public health issue worldwide. However, no comprehensive study on the global burden of heart failure and its contributing causes has been reported.
Tao Yan   +14 more
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Beta Blockers Up-Titration in Patients with Heart Failure Reduced Ejection Fraction and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, a Single Center Study

open access: yesMedical Sciences, 2019
Clinical trials have shown the benefits of β-blockers therapy in patients with heart failure reduced ejection fraction. These benefits include improved survival and a reduced need for hospitalization. Cardiac resynchronization therapy has emerged as
Daniele Masarone   +8 more
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Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND In patients with type 2 diabetes, inhibitors of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) reduce the risk of a first hospitalization for heart failure, possibly through glucose-independent mechanisms. More data are needed regarding the effects of
J. McMurray   +38 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Practical algorithms for early diagnosis of heart failure and heart stress using NT‐proBNP: A clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association of the ESC

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, 2023
Diagnosing heart failure is often difficult due to the non‐specific nature of symptoms, which can be caused by a range of medical conditions. Natriuretic peptides (NPs) have been recognized as important biomarkers for diagnosing heart failure.
Antoni Bayés-Genís   +20 more
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2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

open access: yesCirculation, 2022
AIM The "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" replaces the "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" and the "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart ...
P. Heidenreich   +25 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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